| 1 فهؤلاء هم الامم الذين تركهم الرب ليمتحن بهم اسرائيل كل الذين لم يعرفوا جميع حروب كنعان | 1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan; |
| 2 انما لمعرفة اجيال بني اسرائيل لتعليمهم الحرب. الذين لم يعرفوها قبل فقط. | 2 it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before. |
| 3 اقطاب الفلسطينيين الخمسة وجميع الكنعانيين والصيدونيين والحوّيين سكان جبل لبنان من جبل بعل حرمون الى مدخل حماة. | 3 These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance of Hamath. |
| 4 كانوا لامتحان اسرائيل بهم لكي يعلم هل يسمعون وصايا الرب التي اوصى بها آباءهم عن يد موسى | 4 They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. |
| 5 فسكن بنو اسرائيل في وسط الكنعانيين والحثّيين والاموريين والفرزّيين والحوّيين واليبوسيين. | 5 So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; |
| 6 واتخذوا بناتهم لانفسهم نساء واعطوا بناتهم لبنيهم وعبدوا آلهتهم. | 6 and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods. |
| 7 فعمل بنو اسرائيل الشر في عيني الرب ونسوا الرب الههم وعبدوا البعليم والسواري. | 7 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, forgetting the LORD their God, and serving the Baals and the Asheroth. |
| 8 فحمي غضب الرب على اسرائيل فباعهم بيد كوشان رشعتايم ملك ارام النهرين. فعبد بنو اسرائيل كوشان رشعتايم ثماني سنين. | 8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. |
| 9 وصرخ بنو اسرائيل الى الرب فاقام الرب مخلّصا لبني اسرائيل فخلصهم. عثنيئيل بن قناز اخا كالب الاصغر. | 9 But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who delivered them, Othni-el the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. |
| 10 فكان عليه روح الرب وقضى لاسرائيل وخرج للحرب فدفع الرب ليده كوشان رشعتايم ملك ارام واعتزت يده على كوشان رشعتايم. | 10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. |
| 11 واستراحت الارض اربعين سنة. ومات عثنيئيل بن قناز | 11 So the land had rest forty years. Then Othni-el the son of Kenaz died. |
| 12 وعاد بنو اسرائيل يعملون الشر في عيني الرب فشدد الرب عجلون ملك موآب على اسرائيل لانهم عملوا الشر في عيني الرب. | 12 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. |
| 13 فجمع اليه بني عمون وعماليق وسار وضرب اسرائيل وامتلكوا مدينة النخل. | 13 He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms. |
| 14 فعبد بنو اسرائيل عجلون ملك موآب ثماني عشرة سنة. | 14 And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
| 15 وصرخ بنو اسرائيل الى الرب فاقام لهم الرب مخلّصا اهود بن جيرا البنياميني رجلا اعسر. فارسل بنو اسرائيل بيده هدية لعجلون ملك موآب. | 15 But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. |
| 16 فعمل اهود لنفسه سيفا ذا حدين طوله ذراع وتقلده تحت ثيابه على فخذه اليمنى. | 16 And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes. |
| 17 وقدم الهدية لعجلون ملك موآب. وكان عجلون رجلا سمينا جدا. | 17 And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. |
| 18 وكان لما انتهى من تقديم الهدية صرف القوم حاملي الهدية | 18 And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute. |
| 19 واما هو فرجع من عند المنحوتات التي لدى الجلجال وقال. لي كلام سرّ اليك ايها الملك. فقال صه. وخرج من عنده جميع الواقفين لديه. | 19 But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he commanded, "Silence." And all his attendants went out from his presence. |
| 20 فدخل اليه اهود وهو جالس في علية برود كانت له وحده. وقال اهود. عندي كلام الله اليك. فقام عن الكرسي. | 20 And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat. |
| 21 فمدّ اهود يده اليسرى واخذ السيف عن فخذه اليمنى وضربه في بطنه. | 21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly; |
| 22 فدخل القائم ايضا وراء النصل وطبق الشحم وراء النصل لانه لم يجذب السيف من بطنه. وخرج من الحتار. | 22 and the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out. |
| 23 فخرج اهود من الرواق واغلق ابواب العلية وراءه واقفلها. | 23 Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them. |
| 24 ولما خرج جاء عبيده ونظروا واذا ابواب العلية مقفلة فقالوا انه مغط رجليه في مخدع البرود. | 24 When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber." |
| 25 فلبثوا حتى خجلوا واذا هو لا يفتح ابواب العلية فاخذوا المفتاح وفتحوا واذا سيدهم ساقط على الارض ميتا. | 25 And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; but when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them; and there lay their lord dead on the floor. |
| 26 واما اهود فنجا اذ هم مبهوتون وعبر المنحوتات ونجا الى سعيرة. | 26 Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-irah. |
| 27 وكان عند مجيئه انه ضرب بالبوق في جبل افرايم فنزل معه بنو اسرائيل عن الجبل وهو قدامهم. | 27 When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head. |
| 28 وقال لهم اتبعوني لان الرب قد دفع اعداءكم الموآبيين ليدكم فنزلوا وراءه واخذوا مخاوض الاردن الى موآب ولم يدعوا احدا يعبر. | 28 And he said to them, "Follow after me; for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over. |
| 29 فضربوا من موآب في ذلك الوقت نحو عشرة آلاف رجل كل نشيط وكل ذي بأس ولم ينج احد. | 29 And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped. |
| 30 فذلّ الموآبيون في ذلك اليوم تحت يد اسرائيل. واستراحت الارض ثمانين سنة | 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years. |
| 31 وكان بعده شمجر بن عناة فضرب من الفلسطينيين ست مئة رجل بمنساس البقر وهو ايضا خلص اسرائيل | 31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel. |
